Connect Lambourn with Slow Ways
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Slow Ways linking Lambourn and Aldbourne, Ashbury, East Ilsley, Hungerford, Wantage
England / Berkshire / Lambourn
Lambourn’s five Slow Ways are 40% checked
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Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
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Walk to Lambourn from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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Aldbourne—Lambourn
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Aldlam one |
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U U |
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Double check | Distance 11km/7mi | Ascent 174m | Descent 175m | |
Aldbourne—Lambourn
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Aldlam two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 169m | Descent 172m | ||
Ashbury—Lambourn
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Ashlam one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 168m | Descent 171m | ||
Lambourn—East Ilsley
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Lameas one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 24km/15mi | Ascent 298m | Descent 284m | ||
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Lambourn—Hungerford
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Lamhun one |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 16km/10mi | Ascent 175m | Descent 202m | ||
Lambourn—Wantage
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Lamwan one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 210m | Descent 246m |
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Collective progress
42% of Lambourn’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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3 people have contributed to Lambourn’s Slow Ways
0 people have pledged to walk and review a route
0 people have surveyed a route in Lambourn
43km out of 83km have been walked and reviewed
56km of reviews have been shared in Lambourn
Latest Updates
Hedges block the best of the view for this stretch of the route (Photo 2), but the landscape opens up beyond an intersection of byways at Sheepdrove Organic Farm (Photo 3). The Slow Way takes a well-maintained footpath (Photo 10) from the village into Wantage, and there is a short urban walk to finish by Alfred the Great’s statue in Market Place (Photo 11)....
Martin Ellis
I was caught out early at Baydon Hill Farm. Look to the left for an opening in the hedge, and the footpath heading east (on the right of Photo 2). If there is any doubt this is prime horse training territory, Baydon sets that right. The route then heads due east along a surprisingly fine lane, considering it only services Baydon Hole farm (Photo 5)....
Martin Ellis
Martin Ellis added Aldlam two, a new walk from Aldbourne to Lambourn
Walk this routeA couple of miles out of Lambourn the route follows a section of the Baydon road for a few hundred yards, this was quite busy with some heavy farm vehicles when we walked it so had to keep our wits about us. Approaching the motorway embankment at the top of the hill the footpath turns left to run parallel and immediately beneath the embankment for a few hundred yards. We eventually forced our way through only to find that the supposed footpath to access the road bridge over the motorway just didn’t exist and we found ourselves stuck in a wasteland at the foot of the embankment which we had to scramble up to access the bridge over the M4 (see pictures)...
Snailblakes
This is a lovely direct route travelling through the Lambourn Downs up to the Ridgeway before descending into the Vale of the White Horse at Letcombe Regis for a flat finish to Wantage. Where the route takes a right turn at the next junction, the road continues for a while with the bridleway as a wide grassy verge on its left side (Photo 4). There is only about 200m of Ridgeway to walk before the route takes a left, over a stile (Photo 8) to descend (quite steeply in places) through fields and woodland (Photos 9 & 10) to Letcombe Regis....
Ursula
From Ashbury, the route follows a footpath between the fields from behind the church up to the Ridgeway. Beyond this point, the route then follows a series of byways and crosses the gallops before meeting a no-through road that takes you down to Lambourn....
Ursula
Slow Ways added Aldlam one, a new walk from Aldbourne to Lambourn
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Lameas one, a new walk from Lambourn to East Ilsley
Walk this routeSlow Ways added Lamhun one, a new walk from Lambourn to Hungerford
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Lambourn’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SU3263678917
Lat / Lon
51.50825° / -1.53113°
Easting / Northing
432,636E / 178,917N
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Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?
If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Lambourn and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?
This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!
Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Lambourn's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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